Digital Data Preservation

Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs. NIST Special Publication 500-252, October 2003.
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NIST Quick One-Page Reference from the Guide (See above guide)
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NIST/Library of Congress (LoC) Optical Disc Longevity Testing Procedure. NIST Special Publication 500-263, November, 2005
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Stability Comparison of Recordable Optical Discs -- A Study of Error Rates in Harsh Conditions. NIST Journal of Research, Volume 109, Number 5, September-October 2004
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DVD-ROM Drive Compatibility Test for DVD-R(General), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM Discs (Phase 1). NIST Special Publication 500-254, October 2003
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Digital Cinema

"Software for viewing and converting digital cinema materials," Charles Fenimore and Alex Nikolaev, NISTIR 6814, Gaithersburg MD (December 2001)
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"Characterization of Projection Systems for the MPEG-4 Digital Cinema Compression Scheme Evaluation," P.A. Boynton and C. Fenimore, NISTIR 6792, Gaithersburg MD (September 2001)
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"Mastering and Archiving Uncompressed Digital Video Test Materials," C. Fenimore, SMPTE Journal, v.110, pp 726 - 735 (October 2001)
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"Quality Assessment for Digital Cinema: Test Materials and Metrics for Compression," C. Fenimore, Proceedings of Digital Cinema Conference 2001, NISTIR 6591, (January 2001)
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"Opportunities in Digital Cinema," C. Fenimore, Advanced Technology Program 2001 ATP Digital Video Program Workshop, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA (February 8, 2001)
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"Mosquito noise in MPEG-compressed video: test patterns and metrics," C. Fenimore, J. Libert, and P. Roitman, Proc. SPIE Conf. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, San Jose CA (2000)
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"Mastering and Archiving Uncompressed Digital Video Test Materials," C. Fenimore (October 2000)
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